Tara Chand demands early restoration of statehood with constitutional rights of job and land, ownership rights to local people who are cultivating  their land since long

Jammu, Feb 28 :  In a statement Working President JKPCC and Former Dy. Chief Minister Shri Tara Chand said that all political parties have promised with the people during elections but after coming to power they have not taken any step towards fulfilling their promises and the general public is facing great hardships.

He said that BJP  had promised restoration of statehood with constitutional rights of job and land to  people of Jammu and Kashmir but now delay tactics are being adopted in  granting stathood which is a big  betrayal of BJP with the people of J&K for which the BJP leadership in J&K and at the National level should answer. He  demanded ownership rights to local people who are cultivating   their land since long.

 Tara Chand  also  raised burning issues of general public and demanded salvation of  people’s  problems by the Govt. , especially unemployed youth. He demanded  regularization of all daily wagers, need based workers, besides those working in  temporary, adhoc, consolidated & contractual basis for several years on meagre wages/salaries , besides taking care of the genuine demands of employees, pensioners, farmers, common people, traders, transporters and all other sections of the society, who are facing multiple taxes in the prevailing unprecedented price hike and record unemployment.

He said that near about One Lakh posts in various departments of the Govt. are lying vacant and the unemployment rate in Jammu and Kashmir is rising day by day. The Govt. should fill up these vacancies  through time bound recruitment drive with preference to locals. He said that

Several youth got over aged due to mismanagement in the recruitment drive by the negligence of  Govt.  for  the last 10 years, they should be given one time age relaxation in the recruitment drive.

Former Dy Chief Minister demanded enhancement of old age pension, widow pension, handicapped pension, as the prices of  all commodities of life have been increased and the people who are depend on pension are facing lot of hardships  in their day today life.

He further demanded that 11 Kg. ration per head should be provided to the people  as they used to get 10 years ago. There should be no water tax in both urban and rural areas, besides 200 Units  free electricity be provided  to those who consume 200 units or less electricity per month.  Pump sets installed by the Farmers to cultivate their land should be provided electricity on half rate.